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Originally Posted by HarryT
But gun ownership is not necessarily linked to rampant crime, Elfwreck. Eg, Switzerland, a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the world, requires every man of military age to keep an assault rifle at home. Switzerland doesn't have the routine "mass killings" that the US unfortunately seems subject to. Why? I don't know.
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But note that the fatality rate per firearm in the US is much lower than the fatality rate per automobile. So surely we should ban cars first, as a matter of public safety!
Xenophon